Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Announces ‘Be a Mo VIP Winner’ Vaccine Incentive Program
Video report includes interview with Word&Way Editor-in-Chief Brian Kaylor. Watch full video
Gov. Mike Parson Tempts Missourians with $10,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Lottery
Meantime, a coalition of more than 200 Missouri ministers and pastors announced a campaign on Wednesday aimed at urging fellow Christians to get their shot. Read full piece
‘God’s Healing Touch’ — 200 Missouri Christian Pastors Ask Everyone to Vaccinate Against COVID
Hundreds of Missouri Christian pastors, at least 22 of them ministering to the faithful in the Springfield area, pleaded with state residents on Wednesday to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the disease continued to tear through the unvaccinated population. Read full piece
Missouri Church Leaders Implore Congregants: Get Vaccinated
Many churches in southwestern Missouri, are hosting vaccination clinics. Meanwhile, more than 200 church leaders have signed onto a statement urging Christians to get vaccinated, and on Wednesday announced a follow-up public service campaign that will include paid advertisements.
Why We Acted in Support of Vaccinations
Editors Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood outline the theological reasons for a COVID-19 vaccination outreach effort centered around clergy. Such an act is not only a matter of public health, it is also a witness to what we believe about the Gospel.
Missouri Clergy Urge Vaccination: ‘Medically, Scientifically but also Theologically’
More than 200 Missouri pastors and ministers are joining a COVID-19 vaccination outreach effort spearheaded by a Jefferson City-based Christian magazine. Read full piece
Behind the Pulpit: Timothy Peoples
Senior Editor Beau Underwood interviews Timothy Peoples, senior minister of Emerywood Baptist Church in High Point, North Carolina, for the latest installment of our “Behind the Pulpit” series intended to pull back the curtain on the minister’s life.
I’m an Infectious Disease Doctor: Here’s Why Pastors Need to Lead their Flocks to be Vaccinated
Don’t sit on the sidelines waiting for a miracle to happen; the miracle is happening now. Read full piece
Todd Billings on The End of the Christian Life
In episode 8 of Dangerous Dogma, Todd Billings talks about his book 'The End of the Christian Life: How Embracing Our Mortality Frees Us to Truly Live.' He also discusses faith during the coronavirus pandemic.
How Christian Migrants in South Africa Battle COVID, Xenophobia
While aggression has heightened in the pandemic, South Africa has a history of xenophobic attacks toward non-locals in South Africa — often aimed at those from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Lesotho, or Malawi. Read full piece